Best 10 nursing schools for MSNs and DNPs, as ranked by US News

Duke University in Durham, N.C., is the best place for nurses to earn a master's degree and a doctor of nursing practice degree, according to U.S. News & World Report's 2018 Best Nursing Schools rankings released Monday.

U.S. News ranked nursing schools in two separate categories: master's degree and DNP. Duke topped both lists, and Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore secured the No. 2 spot on both rankings as well.